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Sweet Home Tillie Cole 14810K 2023-08-31

"I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again We’re too old for this shit! We’re all senior age--upperclassmen--why the hell do they want us to join their chapter?"

"Because," she said with an exasperated tone "They’re down on their quotas for upperclassmen and transfers--that’s us!" A scowl set on her i Goth--coure, black pixie-cut hair, pure-white makeup and black kohl liner on her eyes and lips She was the absolute antithesis of a stereotypical cheerleader, but she had this crazy dreaame

I, her roommate, had been drafted in to be a support Well, er-than-life near three hundred-pound blond Texan, as trailing behind, scoping out which boys she’d like to devour tonight As always, Cass earing her staple white Stetson and black leather cowboy boots, along with her sorority-required tight toga--that looked like a pillowcase--that she’d been catapulted into

As I looked at the three of us together, I couldn’t help but think that ere not exactly going to fit in with the athletically beautiful southern belles waiting for us on the other side of the large white door

On the first week of e-wearing sense--by an overeager brunette, weeks of selections had passed, and ere told to attend tonight for official initiation

Lexi saw this as a divine hty God

I saw it as cruel and unusual punishment

Cass stood before us and asked, "What’s up, bitches? Are we headin’ to this jig or what? I wanna see what priood ol’ fillin’" And she slapped her crotch to exaggerate her point

When I arrived a o, I was immediately housed in a university apartment on cairls I instantly loved theraces, and completely proud of their identities They took s and we immediately bonded However--on introduction to these fine ladies--I did not realise that this ‘all for one, one for all’ motto we’d adopted would land eant queen friend achieve her pohteen-hour library sessions, and snooty silver service dinners at Oxford, to being dressed in a sheet that was meant to resemble the fashions of ancient Rome

It didn’t

Not even close

Cass pulled a hip flask of a and took a long swig "Woo! Feel the burn, honey!" she sang, dipping back and slapping her chunky thigh She ran her tongue over her teeth, licking off any last drops, and passed the flask first to Lexi, who, after she sed, danced around on the spot, squealing and shaking her arms, and then handed it to me I took a tentative, tiny sip and felt osh, Cass! How can you drink that?" I spat while runningto soothe the burn Cass had transformed a section of her bathroom into aMoated the word and acted as though electricity were zapping across her skin, then took her chewing tobacco from her hidden purse and stuffed it in her bottom lip

I rolled my eyes at her antics and handed back the flask With linked arms, we headed into the fiery pits of hell

The foyer of the Delta Epsilon Nu Oe oak staircase do redbricklooked as though they belonged in the palace of Versailles

We were i back roo with excite that ould soon meet the elusive president It amazed me how one person could cause such a frenzy

The sorority sisters told us to be quiet, and with a dra her hands on a table, the president swept through a set of double doors with serious draht in motion

I instantly tensed It was Shelly, ht, short yellow dress

"Welcoht to attend the final initiation of this respected and first-class sorority All in this rooht sisterhood and a fae and for the rest of your life" She began pacing in front of the crowd "Tonight is about having fun But before the party starts, we’ve decided to give you one little task… to prove just how much you wanna be here"